Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Ross, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Adam Ross registered to vote in Tyler County on August 1, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Adam Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Ross
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Adam Ross"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ross in Tyler County
- Reeser Rossborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Rosses elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 2 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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